Improvement in mail-bag fastener and tag-holder



JIMET Mail-Bag Fastener and Tag-Holder.

No.`210,3 91. Patenfed Nv. 26, 1878..

N.`F'ETERS, FHDU-LITHOGRAFHER, WASNING GN. D.

UNITED .s z PATENT OFFICE.

JULIUS METZ, OF DENVER, GOLOBADO.

' IMPROVEMENT IN MAIL-BAG FASTENER AND TAG-HOLDER.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 210391, dated November 26, 1878; application filed October 14, 1878.

To all 'whom it maa concerns Be it known that I, JULIUs Mnrz, of Denver city, in the county of Arapahoe and State of Colorado, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gombined Mail-Bag Fastener and Tag-Holder; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the acconpanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My improved mail-bag fasteuer and tagholder is designed for use with a label-slip. The construction of the tag-holder, in connection with the fastening-cord is such as to give the advantage of securing the label-slip in place by the tying of the bag-t'astening cord. The open end of the label-slip case and the connection of the tying-cord with the holder are at the end of said holder which is directly attached to the bag or sack, which gives the advantage of bringing the fastening loop or knot at a point close to the bag and across the open end of the label-slip case, so that the formaton of the cord loop or knot serves as. the means of securing the label-slip in the holder. This advantage and resul-t is effected by conuecting the fastening-cord with the tagholder, by passing said cord through loops or holes at a point in said holder between the holder-attaching ring and the open end of the label-slip case, which is at the sach-attaching end of said holder, so that in whatever manner the tying may he effected it will secure the label-slip in the case, and thus avoid the use of springs or stop-shoulders for this purpose, and allow the label-slip to be easily and quickly inserted in place 'and removed therefrom. I'

Referring to the drawings, Figure l represents a portion of a mail bag or sack with my improved fastener and tag-holder in the position it occupies when the bag is open to receive the mail-matter 5 Fig. 2, a similar view, the fastening-cord being drawn and the labelslip secured in place by the tied knot, Fig. 3, a similar view, showing a difterently-forned knot; and Fig. 4:, a section and face view of the tag-holder with the label-slip in place.

The mouth of the bag or sack is provided with the usual grommetholes for receiving the fastening-cord A, and the tag or labelslip holder B is secured to the mouth of the bag or sack by a ring, G, and riveted plates. The tag or label-slip holder B consists of a plate of metal, having lip projections on one side, which, when bent over inwardly, form a grooved case, a, to receive and hold the labelslip D, which is inserted therein and withdrawn therefrom at the open end b, at the fastening end of the label-slip-holding case. This end of the tag or label-slip holder has an eye, 0, by which it is secured to the riveted ring ot' the bag. Internediately between the open end of the label-slip case and the ringeye are formed two holes, d d, through which the fastening-cord is passed, in such manner that the eds of the cord from each side of the bag will pass through the holes (1 d from the corresponding bag-holes e c on each side of the ring. This projecting end of the labelslip holder has a neck formation, by curving the opposite edges at M, Fig. 4, over which the cord may be tied just in front of the open end b of the label-slip,` and thereby secure it in place, as it cannot come out or be withdrawn so long as the cord remains tied. The tying at this point, therefore, while fastening the bag, serves also to secure the label-slip in its case. This neck formation renders the tying of the cord more compact, and brings the knot in position to close the open end of the label-slip case, when such knot is formed as shown in Fig. 2; but the knot may be tied without causing the cord to embrace the neck formation, as shown in Fig. 3, in which case the tying is made on the front side of the fastenin g end of the tag-holder; but in either case the tying has the same function-that of securin g the label-slip in place.

The 1abel-slip is inserted in its case before the cord is tied, and to facilitate such insertion the extension of the tag-case is deflected from the plane of the case away from its front, so as to render the insertion and withdrawal of the label-slip more convenient, by allowingitto clear the cord passing through the tag-holder holes, as shown in Fig. 4. The free end of the tag-holder is formed with a handle, E, preferably of T form, by which to drag and handle the sack.

An important advantage of my improvement is the fastening of the tag and the securing of the label-slip at a point close to the mouth of the sack by a single tying. The ends of the eord are properly united after they are passed through the tag-holder holes, as stated.

I claim- 1. In a combined mail-bag fastening and tagdolder, the bag-attaching end of said holder provided With loles (I d, through which the fastening-cord is passed, at a point located and arranged between the attaching end of the holder and the open end of the label-slipholding ease, whereby the tying` of the cord serves as the means of seeuring the label-slip in .place.

2. The tag or labelslip holder having the cord-receiving holes d d, the neck fornation i i, and the label-slip-'eceiving case b, provided with open end, all arranged in relation to each other, for the purpose stated.

J ULIUS METZ.

Witnesses A. E. H. J oHNsoN, J. W. HAMILTON JoHNsoN. 

